My ultrasound moments

Finding out that I'm pregnant on the first week of Christmas month was one of the early gifts I received last year. I never expected to get pregnant anymore, not after a long time of waiting to conceive. I was already resigned with the idea; I thought God would want me to just take care of my only child, Jee. So, normally, the feelings were mixed. Surprise, confusion, anxiety, and above all, joy took over me all at the same time when I looked at the second pregnancy test kit bearing the two red lines.

But, what I really want to talk about are my ultrasound moments.

My OB-GYN asked me to have a transvaginal ultrasound after my first pre-natal visit with her. I did what I was asked to do; then visited her again for the interpretation of the results. The image above was the image results of the scan. I don't know how to read the scan reports, but I know that subchorionic hemorrhage spells trouble to me and my baby. The symptoms were what led me and my family to do the pregnancy test. I was feeling tummy aches frequently then; after treating it with several medicines, laxatives and massages, we decided to test just to be sure. The tummy aches turned out to be painful contractions from the placenta which has a blood clot. The blood clot was almost one fourths of my placenta. However, the doc said not to panic since it might go away with strong medicines and bed rest. What?! Total bed rest?! This was my reaction. In my mind, the upcoming events and family time rushed through.


Truthfully, with the doc's advice heeded, I started to feel less and less contractions. But with the seasons travels and excitements (read: stress), here's the result of my 2nd ultrasound: the hemorrhage got bigger and I was ordered "total bedrest" that time. Mini-me then was in real danger. In my mind, a quick but solemn prayer formed: "Lord, please take care of my baby." The medicine I was taking was double-dosed as well.
Last march, doc said the hemorrhage was totally gone! Whew! But I couldn't risk my baby again. I still continued the bed rest, although I would do some light chores already and walk short distances.

And just this month, my recent abdominal ultrasound result showed a very healthy baby at 24 weeks 3 days (on April 16) with a very good fetal heart rate. The heart beats sounded like that of a running horse...hahaha! The scan was primarily intended to know my mini-me's gender, but with the baby's quick movements while the ultrasound was being performed, the sonographer told us she's only 70% sure the baby's a GIRL! 70% means a lot to me! Weee!

And as a bonus, our baby girl waved to us, especially to Kuya Jee (we believe, since he was the one talking to the baby that time), showing her five tiny fingers in an open-palm image scan below.